The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1887-07-20
The Green Brothers Safely Lodged in the
Cas- County Jail.
An Interesting Account Of Their Recent Cap
iure in Texas.
Other Specials to the Sentinel From Various
Quarters Of the State.
,Drowned-sudden Death-A Big Battle
snake-The Heat and DrOuth-The
waveland PostOffice, Etc.

LoGANsPoRT, July 10 Especial Dep
uty.Sheriff J. B. Stanley, accompanied by
Marion B. Waller, Sheriff OF Young
County, Texas, arrived in this city this
afternoon at lilo over the Wabash, with
the notorious murdelers, Bill and Amer
Green. 1t was not generally known what
tIain they would arrive on, however there
was al immense thrOng at the Wabash
depot anxious to get glimpse OF the men
who had so long evaded arrest. They were
met at the train by the entire police force
together with q large number OF special
police. They were huIriedly rushed into
a closed cab which Numbered rapidly to-
ward the Jail, followed closely by
buses loaded down with policemen
When they arrived at the jail, fully 1000
people lad coDgregated around the main
entrance TO the jail, and as the officers
rushed their men through the excited
crowd, number of shouts went up from
the crowd, "hang them!" However they
were safely landed behind the bars. a large
crowd remained about the jail for several
hours, discussing in detail the awful crime
pTepetIattd by the imprisoned men. The
Greens were both dressed as farmers.
Amor, who wore only mustache when
he left here, now has heavy red beard.
He is six foot, three inches tall,
snd weighs 210 pounds. Bill
is hunch back and was
readily recognized by many of the crowd.
They were both greatly excited when they
saw the large crowd about the Jail. A
strong detail of police has been placed
around the Jail. The excitement through
out the county is simply intense. Small
knots of people are TO be seen standing on
all corners discussing the probability of
mob, and while there is nothing at this
hour to indicate mob violence,
yet o,S our S city would ISon,d not
,ooh tow tba oonmuritv wbara fho
crimes were committed By those. men at
tempt to take the Green's from the
Jail and lynch them, and for that reason
every precaution has been taken to avert
such an unfortunate occurrence. The
death penalty is the only punishment that
will satiate the demands of the public,
and should the verdict of the trial Jury
fall anything short of death
sentence mob violence would inevitably
follow. William Mabit, father of Luella
ksbit, who was abducted and muir dered
on the evening Of the sixth day of August
last by Amer Green, was in the city to-
day, and during an interview with your
reporter said that he wanted him to have
q fair trial, and then If it was shown that
he murdered his daughter, he did not
want him hung up with a rope, bat
would insist that he be burn
ed to death over slow
fire. Mr.. Mabit is sixty-seven years of age,
and is a highly respectable citizen. He
has spent 81, GOO in search of the murderer
of his daughter, almost the entire value OF
his little farm. Grave apprehenslons are
felt that he will lose his mind, the grief
over the horrible murder of his daughter
being so indescribably terrible.
Your reporter had the following:
INTERVIEW WITH BUCK STANLEY.
When Amer Green's trunk was broke
open some time after he left here there was
an account found in it showing that Bill
Green had been charged with $40 as rail-
road fare to Sherman. Upon consulting
maps found that away down in Texas,
near the Indian Territory, there was place
called Sherman. made inquiry of the
railroad officials and learned that the Sec
ond class fare to Sherman vas Just $26.
This gave me clue. / made up my mind
that Bill Green was somewhere in that
Deighborhood. Sherman is in Grayson
County, Texas. l left here three weeks
ago to-day, went to DennisoD, Texas, from
there to Or. nville. The sheriff of Hunt
County went withsme to Grayson County
to place called Whitewrights. a little
station on the road with only a few
scattered houses and a postOffice from
there to Kentucky town. We made in
quiry OF the postmaster if there was a
hunchbsck. man in that country. After
studying a while he said there had been
man named Robinson who lived near
could tell US all about him. We got Rob-
inson to come to the postoffice and he
told rs that the man we described had
been there, giving his name as Charlie
Hartman. He said that friend of his
from Young County had been TO see him
the other day and he had INQUIRED OF
him, and this friend said that q man had
come to Young County last fall.and gone
of with Charley to New Mexico. I felt
sure that the man who had come was
Amer Green. We drove back to White
rights, and on the way stopped at the
house OF a man who said he knew Charley
Hartman and that his son had received
letters from him at Young County. and
that he had left there for Tascoosa, New
Mexico, about 400 miles further west. The
sheriff called on another man whose son
was near Tascoosa, and knew the Hart
man boys. He said he had
heard from his son about two months be-
fore, and that Frank Hartman Amer
Green) was building house, and Charlie
was around the town Of Tascoosa. We
drove back to Graham. had been gone
just q week there; laid there over Sunday;
could not get any stage. On Monday start
ed for Weatherford. Employed Sheriff
Wallace to 60 with me TO Quannah then
to Claridon. Met judge Wallace there
who said he knew the Hartman boys at